We analyze the key CEQA cases from 2021 and their effects on development in California this year and beyond. Every year, we publish a comprehensive summary of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) judicial opinions and...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
Public agencies prevailed in 68% of CEQA cases analyzed.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to present its fourth annual CEQA Case Report. Throughout...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued October 22, 2018, Tennis Club Preservation Society v. City of Palm Springs, Case No. E068896, the California Court...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued May 31, 2018, Save Adelaida v. County of San Luis Obispo, Case No. B279285, the California Court of Appeal...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In a published opinion issued February 28, 2018, Covina Residents for Responsible Development v. City of Covina, Case No. B279590, the Court of...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued January 31, 2018, Citizens for Open & Public Participation v. City of Montebello, Case No. B277060, the California...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued May 18, 2018, Responsible Development for Water Tank Hill v. County of San Mateo, Case No. A150883, the California...more
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development -
In an unpublished opinion issued February 20, 2018, Advocates for Better Cmty. Dev. v. City of Palm Springs, Case No. E066193, the California Court...more
On May 4, 2016, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College District (Case No. S214061), which addresses the standard of review that...more